އާއި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• އާ (ā)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सह (saha). Cognate to Sinhalese හා (hā, “with”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əː.i/, [əː.i]
• Hyphenation: އާ‧އި

Conjunction

އާއި • (āi)

1. and, added to, with, plus

   Synonym: އަދި (adi)

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އާއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 3